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7:15 AM ET, October 13, 2025

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Marcela Rodrigues / The Boston Globe:
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility  —  A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia …
Discussion: Boston.com
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Wall Street Journal:
Israel Prepares to Receive Its Last Living Hostages Held by Hamas
Rep. Robert Garcia / MSNBC:
The White House and Republicans want to intimidate Democrats like me.  They'll fail.  —  People around the country want us to fight back against Trump's illegal power grabs and stop health care costs from surging.  —  We are in the middle of Donald Trump's government shutdown …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Why Republicans' attempts to kill Obamacare keep backfiring
Discussion: Public Notice and NPR
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance Tried to Evade Journalists' Questions.  It Did Not Go Well  —  The vice president could not give a straight answer to inquiries about Tom Homan's alleged acceptance of a bribe, Trump's claim that J.B. Pritzker is a criminal, and layoffs at the CDC … Vance appeared on several Sunday morning shows.
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Task & Purpose:
Some Texas National Guard troops replaced in Illinois after failing to meet standards  —  The Texas Military Department has removed an unspecified number of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago for not being “in compliance” with its validation process.  —  A spokesperson for the Texas …
Discussion: NBC News
Danielle Sassoon / New York Times:
Law Schools Are Using Security Concerns to Silence Speech  —  Since I resigned from my job as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in February, I have accepted several invitations from law schools to speak to students about public service.
Axios:
CDC purge hits 600 workers in key offices despite reversals  —  About 600 Centers for Disease Control employees in offices dealing with health statistics, injury and violence prevention, congressional outreach and human resources are out of work as a result of the Trump administration's mass layoffs …
Discussion: New York Times and MSNBC
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Cory Turner / NPR:
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education  —  Sweeping layoffs announced Friday by the Trump administration landed another body blow to the U.S. Department of Education, this time gutting the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
They Fought Outbreaks Worldwide.  Now They're Fighting for New Lives. … The Trump administration's new global health strategy, released last month, lists its most important goal as outbreak prevention and response, both to protect Americans and to safeguard the economy.
Cristina Chi / Philstar.com:
7 foreign missions condemn China's ramming, water cannon attack near Pag-asa  —  MANILA, Philippines — Seven foreign missions in the Philippines have called out China's latest actions in the West Philippine Sea after Chinese Coast Guard and militia vessels rammed and fired water cannons …
Discussion: The Japan Times and Reuters
Max Rego / The Hill:
Johnson says he had ‘thoughtful’ talk with Greene amid her criticism of health care costs  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had a “thoughtful conversation” in recent days regarding the latter's concerns over health care premiums.
Alex Oliveira / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton heaps rare praise on President Trump for handling of Israel-Hamas peace deal: ‘I really commend’  —  Hillary Clinton heaped some rare praise on her former arch-enemy Donald Trump for his handling of the Gaza peace deal in a recent interview.  —  “I really commend President Trump …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Townhall
Financial Times:
Pentagon steps up stockpiling of critical minerals with $1bn buying spree  —  Trump administration challenges Chinese dominance of supply chain for metals essential to defence industry  —  The Pentagon has sought to procure up to $1bn worth of critical minerals as part of a global stockpiling spree …
Discussion: Reuters, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Brad Wilmouth / Newsbusters:
MSNBC Spreads Fake News That ICE Zip-Tied Children, Fox Debunks  —  Text to Speech  —  After federal agents raided an apartment building in Chicago to arrest Tren de Aragua gang members, MSNBC personalities repeatedly spread the fake news that agents zip-tied children.
Patrick Maguire / The Times:
Nigel Farage to abandon Reform manifesto's big plans for tax cuts  —  The party leader will announce a focus on fiscal responsibility and cutting government spending, but critics question whether Reform's plans are credible  —  Nigel Farage will break with his manifesto pledges of £90 billion …
Discussion: HuffPost
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Smithsonian museums and National Zoo close as shutdown persists  —  Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed Sunday due to the government shutdown, with their websites urging visitors to check back for updates on when they'll reopen. … - The Smithsonian had used funds from previous years …
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He May Warn Putin US to Mull Tomahawks for Ukraine  —  President Donald Trump said he'd consider arming Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles that would allow strikes deeper into Russia, but said he may first talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin about it in a bid to end the war.
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Inside Trump's “funny numbers” on mass deportations  —  The Trump administration is asking the public to trust its math on what it promised would be the largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history. … - “The numbers don't lie: 2 million illegal aliens have been removed or self-deported …
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
NJ Gov. Murphy's whereabouts unknown as lieutenant gov. declares state of emergency ahead of nor'easter  —  Outgoing NJ Gov. Phil Murphy was not in New Jersey when a state of emergency was declared Saturday night, leaving Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way — now serving as acting governor — to make the declaration in his stead.
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's claims about violence are falling apart in court  —  President Donald Trump has spent a decade painting large swaths of the United States as a hellscape, dating back to his dark 2017 inaugural address and his demagogic 2016 campaign.  —  But increasingly, he's upped the ante on trying to leverage that supposed hellscape.
New York Post:
Mamdani mayoral campaign took in $13,000 in illegal foreign donations, records show  —  Lefty socialist and mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani's campaign quietly took in nearly $13,000 in potentially illegal foreign donations — including one from his mother-in-law in Dubai, The Post has learned.
David Sirota / The Guardian:
Bari Weiss's ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making  —  A half-century ago, CBS's own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project.  Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermine accountability journalism
 
 
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
Trump's Addiction to Watching Fox Is Killing American Democracy
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize
Discussion: Bloomberg
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's 100% tariff threat sparks defiance from Beijing
Washington Post:
Bracing for war, Venezuela's Maduro starts Christmas early — again
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public
Discussion: The Guardian and NBC News
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Doge-ish comes to Florida: a DeSantis loyalist is going after ‘waste’ in Democratic cities
Associated Press:
Trump's intervention in Washington prompts calls for its 18-term House delegate to step down
Nick Akerman / The Hill:
Kilmar Abrego's court victory could end Trump's reign of retaliation
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Four dead, at least 20 injured in South Carolina island shooting
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Purge, Merge, and Surge